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citric acid

C6H8O7

Citric acid has the molecular formula C6H8O7 and a molar mass of 192.12 g/mol and a melting point of 154 °C.

Properties

Molecular formulaC6H8O7
Molar mass192.12 g/mol
Exact (monoisotopic) mass192.027 g/mol
Melting point154 °C
Density1.665 g/cm³
logP (octanol–water)-1.7
Topological polar surface area132 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors / acceptors4 / 7
Heavy atoms13
InChIKeyKRKNYBCHXYNGOX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
IUPAC name2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid

Elemental composition

21 atoms across 3 elements, by mass.

ElementAtomsPercent by mass
Oxygen (O)758.29%
Carbon (C)637.51%
Hydrogen (H)84.20%

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Molar mass and elemental composition are computed from IUPAC 2021 conventional atomic weights. Formula, exact mass and the computed descriptors come from PubChem, which is US government work and in the public domain. Melting point, boiling point and density come from Wikidata under CC0. Properties with no figure shown are absent from those sources rather than zero.